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The ASX oscillated in a 30 point range today and was again choppy under the hood – however a more bearish day overall with Materials (for a change) leading the fall. US Futures traded in the red for most of the session while Asian Markets tracked a similar path –...
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In late December of 2018, I received an email that caught me by surprise. It came from someone I’d never met with an unexpected proposition. The concept was to kick off 2019 with a constructive discussion between the Chief Investment Officers of Platinum Asset Management and Magellan Financial Group.
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On Tuesday in Christchurch, Platinum Asset Management presented a grant to the Crusaders as winners of Australasia’s Best Sporting Team. This grant will be used to benefit members of the rugby community facing hardship.
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If you’d invested $20k with Platinum Asset Management when the firm opened in 1995 you’d be sitting on around $320k today, a return of ~12.6% per annum*. However, the journey to these returns may have tested your nerves. The active style at Platinum means that periods of exceptional performance are,...
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Eley Griffiths Group does not always as a house run bullish, but we have in the past couple of years. In a recent presentation to the Morgans network, Portfolio Managers Ben Griffiths and David Allingham outlined some of reasons underpinning our current bullish stance.
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Platinum Asset Management’s Founder Kerr Neilson is a fund manager who needs no introduction. Kerr recently sat down with Platinum's Julian McCormack to discuss timeless investment principles, the big issues today, and what he’s excited about ahead. We have prepared the following transcript for you, with a link to the...
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Welcome to the FNArena Reporting Season Monitor for the August result season 2018. The Monitor reports ratings and consensus price target changes, along with brief summaries of the collective responses, from FNArena database brokers for each of the 300+ stocks. Week 3 is now available with coverage of 213 stocks.
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Here is the ASX 200 results calendar - the results season is still a couple of weeks away. As usual, it is a best endeavours calendar, some companies simply don’t set a reliable date. The big companies generally do.
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It’s currently very easy to get caught up in the negativity surrounding stocks as a potential Trump-China trade war dominates the press, interestingly something that was not getting any air-time whatsoever 3-months ago nor being touted as a potential ‘threat’ to the market. However let’s stand back and consider what...
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Conditions have been good for funds management in recent years. The stock market has been rising, funds have been flowing, and for some, performance fees have been paid. But nine years after the end of the GFC, has ‘the easy money been made’? To find out, we asked Chris Prunty...
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Today Kerr Neilson has announced his intention to step back as CEO of Platinum Asset Management. Platinum is the very definition of active management and was a pioneer for international investing. To this day Neilson remains one of the most respected and revered investors by his clients and peers.
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More of the same today only on a bigger scale with early optimism met with some decent selling later in the session after the market traded to a 10 year high of 6150 on the ASX 200 during morning trade. As we cautioned yesterday a market that is trading in...
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In a recent presentation, Kerr Neilson, founder and CEO of Platinum Asset Management, told the audience that the current economic environment is in a “situation that is actually quite rare.” Almost all economic indicators are “extremely positive”; everything from global PMIs, to metal prices, oil prices, and even company earnings,...
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Small caps have put in more than 12-months’ worth of typical performance so far this financial year, and show no signs of stopping. However, the small end is far more diverse than the big end. So to help shortlist the strongest thematics, we asked the experts.
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It’s not often you get the chance to build a portfolio from scratch. But that’s what the last month has been about at QVG Capital with the launch of our new Opportunities Fund. On 1 September we started with a blank sheet of paper and, just as importantly, without the...
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"China is very much like the '60s and '70s in America, when it had a can-do attitude and there was a lot of money going into investments and they led the world in many industries" Kerr Neilson, CEO, Platinum Asset Management
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Protecting against the downside is every bit as important as finding the big winners, after all, it takes a 100% gain to offset a 50% loss. This exclusive panel from Livewire Live hears insights on portfolio protection, diversification, and the management of emotions from three leading fund managers.
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